Guidance and Counselling
The Guidance & Counselling service in the school provides for the personal, social, educational and vocational development and needs of all the students. The guidance & counselling process aims to help students to grow in self knowledge and self-esteem by assisting them to:
Understand their emotions, abilities, interests and special aptitudes.
Acquire information about educational and career opportunities within a changing society
To make and carry out appropriate life choices and plans
Ms O’Dwyer our Guidance teacher meets with senior students in Guidance classes and makes individual appointments with students. Ms O’Dwyer can be contacted at aisling.odwyer@preslistowel.ie
Guidance
Student Support
Each first year/second year and third year has a special pastoral care teacher.
This teacher has a weekly pastoral care class with the students. Students are provided with social personal and health education as well as individual support. Teachers work in this area under direction and undergo special training.
Care
Learning Support
In consultation with parents, small group tuition is offered to junior students who have learning difficulties in English or Mathematics. If your daughter is already receiving Learning Support in Primary School and has been assessed, please make sure that her principal forwards all necessary documentation to this school as soon as possible. Help for students with special needs is given in accordance with department of education and science guidelines and funding.
“The quality of support for students’ wellbeing was very good; teachers has access to key information about students that supported teaching for wellbeing and the integrated nature of students support and whole-school guidance further supported this provision.”
Department of Education, Whole-School Evaluation – Management, Leadership and Learning, Report 2025.